KOKOSCHKA: FROM THE VIENNESE MODERNISM TO THE SOUL´S PORTRAIT

Abstract

Throughout the following pages we will approach the figure of Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet, by doing a brief tour of his life, pointing out his most important life´s chapters, in order to understand the artist´s mind, as well as his way of understanding and developing painting. To do this, we will analyze the most significant milestones of his career, since his start at the Viennese Workshops, in addition to his most influential personal relationships, such as those with Klimt, Loos, or Mahler.